River of Love

Chapter 12

Chapter 12Morning came sooner than was expected. Avery entered the kitchen where Sandy was making breakfast and Josh was reading the paper.

“Hey Squirt. When did Mark get new wheels? I never thought he’d give up his truck.” He commented on the nice silver Mustang in the drive.

“It’s not Mark’s car,” Avery began just as Kody walked into the kitchen. A smile as big as a teenage girl in love spread across her face. “Hey,” she practically whispered in greeting when the tall woman stood next to her.

Dakoda returned the smile, and then began to feel awkward as all eyes were upon her. The sudden silence became deafening.

Finally Avery said, “Josh, Sandy, this is Kody. I met her in Hannibal. She was kind enough to spend time with me, especially when Mark abandoned me there.” She grabbed her friend’s large hand for a squeeze as she continued. “Kody, this is my cousin Sandy and her husband Josh.”

“It’s nice to meet the two of you. I heard much about you.”

“Hopefully it’s all been good.” Sandy commented sarcastically. “Would you like some coffee, Kody?”

“Sure, that would be great. Thank you.”

Josh rustled his newspaper indicating that he had returned to reading it.

Kody looked at her watch, and realized that she had to go right then and there. “I have to go,” she said softly to the short blonde. “I have that meeting at the university, and I need to go home to change.”

They walked silently to the Mustang. Each of them disappointed that their weekend has come to a close, and wondering what is the next step to take from here. Avery didn’t want to let go of Kody’s hand. Green and blue eyes looked into each other’s souls as they stood next to the car.

Kody could not resist the desire to kiss the luscious lips before her. Velvety soft tongues met their counterparts in a passionate dance. It was impossible to stifle the moans which were emitted from each of them, so throwing caution to the wind, they pressed their bodies against the other with wild abandon.

Sandy leaned out the open kitchen window with the telephone in her hand. She just about dropped the receiver into the flower bed below when she saw what her cousin was doing. With her jaw hanging open in shock, she forgot what she was going to do until she heard the higher-pitched voice coming from the end of the receiver. “Yeah, yeah, I’m looking for her ---- hold on already,” she declared the person talking. Not wanting to see her cousin still engaged, she shouted, “Avery! Phone call! It’s Maude. She needs you now!”

Lips disengaged, but hearts continued to race. Reluctantly Avery said, “I better go. Maude only calls when there’s an emergency at work and she needs to me to fill in.” She saw Kody nod in understanding, and with one more quick kiss, Avery sprinted into the house.

Unfortunately for the two of them, in the haste of things they didn’t exchange phone numbers. So not being able to call each other the week passed by rather slowly for each of them.